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Chicago Tribune All-State Academic Team
Scott Beck By John P. Huston,Tribune reporter Scott Beck's brain isn't the only instrument he uses to help him excel at math and science. Beck, a Highland Park High School senior, turns to the French horn to "kind of keep me balanced and keep me...
Tags: Music, Engineering, Relay for Life, Soccer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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4 easy steps make simpler work of tiling
Tiling qualifies as a do-it-yourself project because the materials come in little pieces. It makes a difference. Want to try an 8-foot-long slab of granite at 300 pounds for the kitchen counter? Ummm, maybe not. But once you sort through the shapes,...Tags: Science and Technology, Building Material
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Get your brain in gear at the HoCo STEM Festival
Calling all kids interested in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) related activities? The first annual HoCo STEM Festival is June 9, 1 to 4 p.m., at Howard Community College. This free community event is the brainchild of the Committee to...Tags: Music, American Cancer Society, Engineering, Microsoft Corporation, Under Armour Inc.
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High school senior bakes her way to success and scholarships
She can whip out an elaborately decorated wedding cake as easily as a dozen cupcakes and has made selling both a money-making venture. The owner of Shea's Bakery in Delray Beach also takes calculus, chemistry and plays the sax. Meet Shea Gouldd, a...
Tags: High Schools, Schools, Wedding Cake, Awards and Prizes, Science and Technology
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Seminole teacher in sex case gets bond
Lyman High School teacher Scott Kimbrough was granted $30,000 bond Saturday morning after his second arrest on child-sex-abuse charges, the Seminole County Sheriff's Office said. Kimbrough was ordered to wear a GPS-monitoring device if he makes bail....
Tags: Assault, Justice System, Crimes, Students, Health and Safety at School
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Seminole math teacher re-arrested after 2nd student said he had sex with her
A Seminole County high school teacher who was arrested and accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old female student was re-arrested Friday after a second female student told investigators they had a sexual relationship when she was 15....Tags: Sexual Assault, Teaching and Learning, Crimes, Students, Sexual Misconduct
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Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, Hopkins professor
Jean-Pierre G. Meyer, former professor and chairman of the Johns Hopkins University mathematics department whose escape from Nazi-occupied France became the subject of a children's book, died April 24 of heart failure at his Guilford residence. He was 83....
Tags: U.S. Army, Homewood, Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University, Brown University
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Florida needs more vocational schools
A Florida high school diploma is once again being rewarded to all students who can pass the algebra end-of-course exam (ninth grade math) and the 10th grade FCAT exam in reading. Thank you, Gov. Rick Scott, for once again changing the requirements back to...Tags: Education, Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, Sunrise (Broward, Florida), Colleges and Universities, Career and Workplace
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Scholarship Awards Breakfast: Corona del Mar
Troy Bolus GPA: 4.5 School Activities/Clubs: track, Photography Club Community: peer tutor, Illumination Foundation Awards/Honors: Most Valuable Player varsity track 2012, Best Varsity Jumper 2010-11 Hobbies/Interests: guitar, golf, skiing,...Tags: Music, American Cancer Society, Applied Physics, Religion and Belief, Toshiba Corporation
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Children's brain mass counts for better math skills
Forget your third grader’s IQ, or working memory, or even previous mathematical abilities. When it comes to improving in math, it’s the brain’s hard wiring that counts. Researchers found that the volume of the hippocampus, a region...Tags: Medical Research, Science and Technology, Stanford University
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Second chance leads to Las Vegas visit
South Bend TribuneSometimes there is a second chance. Ask Michael Imus, of South Bend. He was chosen in a second chance drawing for the Hoosier Lottery. His prize was a trip to Vegas and three nights at the Monte Carlo Resort and Casino. He also participated in the $1...Tags: Science and Technology
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A sensible caution, poorly stated
WASHINGTON -- People who talk incessantly often talk imprecisely, and Barack Obama, who is as loquacious as he is impressed with his verbal dexterity, has talked himself into a corner concerning Syria and chemical weapons. This is condign punishment for...Tags: Hillary Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Politics, Bashar Assad, Central Intelligence Agency
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May 5, 2013
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May 2, 2013
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